Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ignotum per ignotius

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ig-no-tum per ig-notius
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

An attempt to explain something obscure in terms of something else which is even more obscure.

phrase

A type of fallacious argument in which one attempts to prove something unknown by relying upon an assumption that is also unknown.

Etymology

From Latin ignōtum per ignōtius, “[to explain] the unknown by the more unknown”.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: ignōtum per ignōtius

Synonyms

obscurum per obscurius

Questions

What does ignotum per ignotius mean?: An attempt to explain something obscure in terms of something else which is even more obscure.
Where does ignotum per ignotius come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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